LibGuides: ENG 103 Remakes: Finding Articles

Using this Guide

This guide was intended to direct you to library resources relevant to your ENG 103 assignments this semester. Source annotations provide tips on using the source and tell how it might be useful when researching a remake. Databases are suggested for researching remakes of books, films, a television series, or songs.

Researching a Book Remade into a Film or Television Series

Academic Search Complete
This is a great place to begin for almost any topic. The text for the articles is often included in the database. Good for popular culture topics. Search for articles about the book or about the film, or about both. Contains film reviews, which can help your claim about the success of the works. Reviewers may compare the films too.
Description: Good database for most research topics and contains lots of full text and peer reviewed articles.
Time Period: 1909 to present
Sources: Indexes nearly 20,000 Academic and peer reviewed journals and magazines and provides full text for more than 5,700.
Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, Business, Education, English & Linguistics, General, Health, History, Humanities, Law, Music, News, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Science, Social Sciences, Technology
Primary Materials: Abstracts, Case Studies, Citations, Conference Papers, Images, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, News, Other, Reviews
MLA International Bibliography
This will be useful for finding scholarly articles about books, stories, or other literary works. Search for either the book title or the film title. Articles about either may be helpful. The database uses "film adaptation" as the subject term rather than the phrase "film adaptationS.
Description: MLA International Bibliography is an electronic version the print index published by the Modern Language Association beginning in the 1920's. Subjects include literature, language, folklore, linguistics, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Contains some full text articles.
Time Period: 1926 to present
Sources: Indexes nearly 5,000 journals and series.
Subject Headings: English & Linguistics, Humanities, Mobile
Primary Materials: Journal Articles
Literature Criticism Online
Although this database focusses on authors and their works, you will find articles about film adaptations too. Contains journal articles and critical essays from a variety of sources.
Description: Literature Criticism Online provides access to scholarly and popular commentary from books and periodicals, broadsheets, pamphlets, and encyclopedias published in Gale literary criticism titles. Content is delivered in an online format that matches the print originals.
Time Period: 19th century to present
Sources: Contains articles and reviews from more than 1,100 volumes of literary criticism.
Subject Headings: English & Linguistics, Humanities
Primary Materials: Books/e-books, Magazine Articles, Reference Resources
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
Search for articles about either the film or the book. Since this database indexes journals about film and television it may include more in depth reviews which may help you evaluate how successful a film was. Uses "film adaptation" as a subject term for adaptations.
Description: Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text is a key resource for researchers of film and television, providing the most comprehensive, balanced collection of full-text and bibliographic coverage from scholarly and popular sources, and spanning the entire spectrum of film and television studies.
Time Period:
Sources: Provides indexing for more than 560 journals and the full text for more than 160.
Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, English & Linguistics, Humanities, Technology
Primary Materials: Journal Articles, Magazine Articles
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Indexes journals related to communication including film and television. May be helpful in finding film reviews and articles about film and cinematography.
Description: Indexes research in the field of communication, mass media and related fields. Created by merging and expanding two previous databases: CommSearch
(formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State).
Time Period: 1915 to present
Sources: Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for 620 publications and the full text of more than 500. An additional 200 titles have selected indexing.
Subject Headings: English & Linguistics, Humanities, Mobile, Social Sciences, Technology (Communication, Journalism, Mass Media)
Primary Materials: Abstracts, Books/e-books, Citations, Conference Papers, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Reviews, Trade Publications

Internet Movie Database
Find remakes. When you enter the title of your film in the search box, remakes may show up as suggestions below the box. For example, if you type in "I am Legend," "Omega Man AKA I am Legend" will appear below the search box.
All Movie Guide
Find remakes. Search for your movie and click on the "Related" tab which will show films that are similar to your film. Remakes will be on the list but will only be identified as "Related to."

Researching a Remake of a Song

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Indexes journals in the field of music. Search using the song title, the performer or both. To find articles on multiple versions of your song, put the song title in the top box. Then, in a separate box, “OR” your performer’s name along with the names of the other performers. Comparisons may help you with your claim about the success of one of the works.
Description: RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is a key database in the field of music. The database covers a wide range of subject areas, including but not limited to, Composition, Music Analysis, Musicology, Dramatic Arts, Dance Studies, Music Pedagogy, Music Therapy, Performance Practice, and Popular Music Studies.
Time Period: 20th century to present
Sources: Indexes more than 2,400 journals.
Subject Headings: Humanities, Mobile, Music (Music)
Primary Materials: Abstracts, Dissertation and Theses, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Reviews
Music Index
This database also indexes journals in the field of music. It can be used in the same way as RILM, the database linked above. So you might search using the song title in the top box. Then "OR" the names of the performers you wish to research, in a separate box. Comparisons may help you with your claim about the success of one of the works.
Description: Music Index covers all areas of the music field and every aspect classical and popular music. It indexes nearly 280 peer reviewed titles. The database contains some full text.
Time Period: 1970 to present
Sources: Indexes more than 480 periodicals and provides selective indexing for 200 more titles.
Subject Headings: Humanities, Mobile, Music
Primary Materials: Dissertation and Theses, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles

All Music Guide
Find remakes. Look up your song and click on the "Also Performed by" tab.

For additional research resources, see the music subject guides linked below.